1. Which statements accurately describe northern Italian Renaissance city-states? Choose all answers that are correct.

A. City-states were independently ruled cities and the land around them.
B. Many Italian city-states of the Renaissance were republics.
C. Leadership of the city-states was based on heredity.
D. Many city-states chose to merge in order to protect their borders.

2. Which individual from the Renaissance is known as the \"father of humanism\" because of the education program he introduced?

A. Cosimo de' Medici
B. Giotto
C. Dante
D. Petrarch

3. Which are characteristics of humanism?

A. emphasis on belief in the power of scientific inquiry and confidence in experimentation
B. belief in the value of humility, stress on religious devotion, and confidence in the wisdom of the church fathers
C. stress on a literal interpretation of the Bible and confidence in medieval scholarship
D. stress on the wisdom of the classics, belief in the dignity of humans, and confidence in human potential

4. Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?. Choose all answers that are correct.

A. Italy's central location provided a good setting for commerce, so trade revived there first.
B. Italy had been the center of the Roman Empire and the ancient ruins reminded people of Rome's greatness.
C. The Middle Ages had little impact on Italy where centralized government and the economy continued to flourish after the fall of Rome.
D. The Black Plague had not devastated Italy as it had other areas of Europe.

5. Which statements accurately describe the roles of the popes and patrons of the arts in restoring the city of Rome?. Choose all answers that are correct.

A. closed Rome to outsiders to protect its unique style and methods of producing art.
B. opened free elementary schools for young boys who showed artistic potential.
C. paid sculptors to fill public squares with statues.
D. employed scribes to copy Latin and Greek texts

Respuesta :

1. "City-states were independently ruled cities and the land around them, "Many Italian city-states of the Renaissance were republics" and "Leadership of the city-states was based on heredity" are the three statements that are correct. The correct options are "A", "B" and "C".

2. "
Petrarch" was the individual from the Renaissance, who is known as the "father of humanism" because of the education program he introduced. The correct option is option "D".

3. "S
tress on the wisdom of the classics, belief in the dignity of humans, and confidence in human potential" are characteristics of humanism. The correct option is option "D".

4. "
Italy's central location provided a good setting for commerce, so trade revived there first", "The Middle Ages had little impact on Italy where centralized government and the economy continued to flourish after the fall of Rome" and "The Black Plague had not devastated Italy as it had other areas of Europe" are the reason why Renaissance begin in Italy. The correct options are option "A", "C" and "D".

5. "P
aid sculptors to fill public squares with statues", "employed scribes to copy Latin and Greek texts" are the statements that accurately describe the roles of the popes and patrons of the arts in restoring the city of Rome. The correct options are option "C" and "D".

(Answer 1 points 3)

B) Many Italian city-states of the Renaissance were republics.

Explanation:

Italy was a group or the number of city-states, each of which has its own rule such as the Pope ruling in Rome, the Medici family that is ruling in Florence, the Doge basically ruling in Venice, the Sforza family served for ruling in Milan, the Este family which was ruling in the Ferrara and there is a long list that is consist of all the states of the cities and the ruling families of the ruling people.

(Answer 2 points 3)

D) Petrarch

Explanation:

Petrarch used to be known as the "father of humanism" because of the education program he introduced. He was a poet and a scholar of Renaissance Italy and was one of the earliest humanists. It has been thought that the Petrarch would be later praised as a model for Italian style. Petrarch is usually acknowledged the founder of the Humanism.

(Answer 3 points 3)

D) stress on the wisdom of the classics, belief in the dignity of humans, and confidence in human potential.

Explanation:

humanism is a faith a human needs and the values are more valuable than the beliefs of the religion, or the needs and desires of humans. If we take an example of humanism then we can see that this is the belief that the person forms their own set of ethics. So stress on the wisdom of the classics, belief in the dignity of humans, and confidence in human potential is the characteristic of the Humanism.

(Answer 4 points 4)

B) Italy had been the center of the Roman Empire and the ancient ruins reminded people of Rome's greatness.

Explanation:

Most of the Romans who earlier came from somewhere in Italy else than that of the Rome itself had Uscan, Etruscan, Sabine, Samnite or other non-Roman pedigrees. So the Italians that are modern are mainly descended from the "Romans", but the Romans themselves were a very diverse lot. Furthermore, The development of the modern Italian state began in 1861 when most of the peninsula under the House of Savoy unified with the Kingdom of Italy.

(Answer 5 points 3)

C) paid sculptors to fill public squares with statues.

Explanation:

There is no subject that the Pope was much sensitive to the perception of the history and that he wished to be treasured as a dedicated humanist who had enthusiastically promoted the arts and letters. In managing to get Rome the cultural capital of the world, it was charged, demanded and received dedicated assistance. So paid sculptors to fill public squares with statues statement describe the roles of the popes and patrons of the arts in restoring the city of Rome